Todd Leeth News Today

Valparaiso City Council members passed an ordinance at the Monday, May 22 meeting giving the greenlight for the $39.5 million Grand Gardner boutique luxury hotel for downtown Valparaiso, while emphasizing parking concerns.

PORTAGE — If you’re egg-cited about raising chickens, the City Council has news for you: They’re now legal to raise within the city limits.

The gymnasium at the former Boys & Girls Club is gone, having been demolished in preparation for an addition to the existing building as Urschel Development Corp. prepares to open

The 34.5-acre subdivision in Jackson Township, on the east side of the intersection of county roads 1050 North and 550 East was planned as 14 lots and approved in March

In May, the council approved annexation of a smaller parcel on the city’s south side to allow for a new subdivision to be built. That cleared the way for a

The request drew a large crowd to object to the request to rezone the land from rural residential to medium density residential.

The commission’s approval of the project is a recommendation that the Board of Commissioners approve rezoning the property from rural residential to medium density single-family residential.

The LaPorte County Commissioners have unanimously rejected plans for a proposed subdivision on 166 acres of mostly wooded undeveloped land.

The development plan for the project underwent some changes after the city heard from nearby residents during an August Board of Zoning Appeals meeting and a January public hearing.

Essentially what St. Andrews Development proposes is to slide the border between the two zones to the south to allow the new homes to be built.